Maine Learning Result: English Language Arts- A. Reading
A2 Literary Texts
Grades 9-Diploma Students read text , within a grade appropriate span of text complexity, and present analyzes of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry using excepts from the text to defend their assertions.
d. Evaluate the theme or themes, whether explicitly stated or implied, in a literary text.
What understandings are desired?
Students will understand that:(U)
•Every piece of literature has multiple meanings allowing for many different interpretations.
•Novelists will often relate the lives of their characters to real life experiences and events.
•A good reader will navigate through the piece of literature with an open mind and be open to new styles of writing.
What essential questions will be considered?
Essential Questions:(Q)
•How many meanings or different interpretations can be found within this piece of literature?
•What real life experiences or scenarios can be found within this text?
•How can different styles of writing, including the ones within this text, affect the overall tone of the text?
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
Students will know:(K)
Students will be able to do:(S)
•Key Facts and Details: tone, author's information, time period of events, location, writing style, and character roles
•Vocabulary and Definition: setting, theme, conflict, climax, symbols, character analysis, and tone (with numerous others)
•Sequence: a time line of events and character development
•Describe the multiple writing styles used within the text.
•d.) Evaluate the theme or themes whether explicitly stated or implied in a literary text.
•Produce a new interpretation of the main character within this text.
•Contrast the life experiences within the text to their own.
•Imagine an alternate ending to the text.
•Recognize and define new vocabulary creating a new chapter for the text.
Stage 1 Identify Desired Results
A2 Literary Texts
Grades 9-Diploma
Students read text , within a grade appropriate span of text complexity, and present analyzes of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry using excepts from the text to defend their assertions.
d. Evaluate the theme or themes, whether explicitly stated or implied, in a literary text.
What understandings are desired?
•Novelists will often relate the lives of their characters to real life experiences and events.
•A good reader will navigate through the piece of literature with an open mind and be open to new styles of writing.
What essential questions will be considered?
•What real life experiences or scenarios can be found within this text?
•How can different styles of writing, including the ones within this text, affect the overall tone of the text?
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
•Vocabulary and Definition: setting, theme, conflict, climax, symbols, character analysis, and tone (with numerous others)
•Sequence: a time line of events and character development
•d.) Evaluate the theme or themes whether explicitly stated or implied in a literary text.
•Produce a new interpretation of the main character within this text.
•Contrast the life experiences within the text to their own.
•Imagine an alternate ending to the text.
•Recognize and define new vocabulary creating a new chapter for the text.